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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19-Jun-17 08:30 PM, Martin
Koppenhoefer wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2017-06-18 17:44 GMT+02:00 Joachim <span
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gmail-m15cbbe1ddfd45e66">Currently we categorize
settlements by number of inhabitants, modified<br>
by importance. I would rather not open another
dimension. The type of<br>
of a settlement can be deduced by processing the landuse
inside. If<br>
there is use in a binary (yes/no) property it should be
added to the<br>
place=* feature: e.g. dispersed_settlement=yes. But this
looks more<br>
like job for Wikidata.</div>
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we base our settlement classification not only on population,
the population numbers serve as an indicator what size we
expect from certain classes in certain areas, but they are not
hard limits. Other factors we consider: part of a settlement
or whole settlement, functional/cultural parameters (a place
which is officially a "town" in Italy will be a town in OSM, a
place which isn't a "town" will not become more than a
"village") and maybe more. <br>
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The functional aspect counts to a fair degree in Australia. As the
over all population density is low a small remote settlement will
usually have more facilities that a European would expect from the
settlements population size. <br>
Settlements can serve a vast area with high demand for these
facilities. If a settlement failed to provide these facilities
travelling times to obtain these services would be large (days there
and back). <br>
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